They come off the line together and Head starts to pull away. he gets about 300 feet out, strikes the tires and has to back off the throttle. Force drives around him quickly and pulls away with the quickest run of the round so far for the win.

John Force's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.006), 330 ft(0.043), 660ft(0.535). MOV: 1.5580 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Force will have lane choice over Wilkerson in round two.